John Aldrich wrote in a message to Jonathan Michaels:
 JA> Hello Jonathan!
 JA> Wednesday March 04 1998 11:39, Jonathan Michaels wrote to John
 JA> Aldrich: 
 JM> pity no one told my microcom deskport fast + as for parrallel being
 JM> microsfot windows only .... again you should tell my microcom, it worked
 JM> in parallel mode in ms dos amd os/2, here the drivers were reall ratty
 JM> beta types but they still worked better than anything  (full public
 JM> release) i saw for any microsoft windows versions. thye (microcom) were
 JM> working on a unix driver as well, still are i think.
 JA> Interesting..the only drivers I knew about were for Windows.. :)
 JA> Then again, since I run Fidonet software, it wouldn't interface
 JA> well... :( 
at that time, the people i was talking to a microcom (usa, not g pearson) 
were making noises about working with a d nugent from auuustralia about 
developing a 'fidonet fossil' for the parrelel port drivers .. then the bruce 
bodger, and the ftsc /scandal' broke and daving got more work offers and lots 
of things like that so we never saw a bnu that was capable of doing the 
parrallel port as well .. would have been interesting.
unlike the x files tonite .. sigh, at least chris carter does a better job in 
millenium, but i hear the next season is going to be lightenup and made more 
'accessible' .. looses punch is a better 'translation'.
 JM> ps part of the reason for the poarrallel port 'gimmick' was to
 JM> get around
 JM> the 'slow serial' ports, well now witht he easy availability of
 JM> ns16550afn clones allowing real operating systems to run thier serial
 JM> ports at 115k2 or even 230k or 430k thier was no real need to persue the
 JM> technology, no maatter how 'promicing'.
 JA> And the fact that internal modems are becoming more popular and
 JA> that they have the UART built in.... :)
yes, thier is that to be said as well, but that is marketing .. i think .. 
grin.
regards ... jonathan
EMail: jon@mpx.com.au
 ... i do all i can, with what i have, are you able to say the same ?
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